Wire for ornamental chains.



T. F. GARLISLE.

WIRE FOB ORNAMBNTAL CHAINS.

APPLICATION FILED RAB. 16, 1910. I

978,847. Patented Dec. 20, 1910.

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THOMAS E. CARLISLE, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, A SSIGNOR TO THE IMPROVED 1 SEAMLESS WIRE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF RHODE ISLAND. v

WIRE FOR ORNAMENTAL CHAINS.

To all whom it mag concern: i

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. CARLISLE,

' a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State ofRhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire for Ornamental Chains,.of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to wire plated with a precious metal. intended for use in articles of jewelry formed by uniting abutting surfaces by means of the fusion of inclosed solder. such as chain links. This type of wire der of the plug is transverse] v fractured creating spaces or intervals with little 1 no solderinthe completed wire. When nch a space or interval is present at or. near the abuttingcnds of the link blank there is not a sufiicient flow of solder to unite the ends; Furthermore the central solder core occu pies so great'a portion of the area of. the abutting facts that only a small annular surface remains upon each time available to receive the solder and that annular surface is exclusively near the periphery of-the abutting facewhere its presence in quantities is -not desirable,

It is the essential purpose of my invention to produce a wire of the described type which shall p'ossess'none of the enumerated disadvantages. I

My inven'tion consists in the construction and combination of the parts set forth inand falling within the scope of the claina hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings which cification Figure 1 form a partof this. sple is a side elevation of t e ingot from which Specification of Letters latent. Pate nted Application filed March 16, 1910. Serial No. 549,604.

my wire is reduced, Figs. 2 and 3, transverse and longitudinal sections respectively of the same, Figs. 4 and 5 perspective views of two forms-of mysolder tube, Fig. 6, a like View of the central core. Fig. 7 a longitudinal secelevation of a length of my novel wire, and Fig. 9, a perspective view of a chain link bent up from a length of wire before uniting its abutting ends. 7 I

In order that the composition of my wire Dec. 20, 1910. a

.tion of a double platedingot, Fig. 8, a side may be more thoroughly understood a description of the ingot from which my wire is drawn will first be given. In Figs. 1, 2, and

3 is shown the ingotA comprising a hollow core B of basemetal or composition surrounded by its precious metal plating skin or, shell .0 engaged thereon frictionally or' by a film of solder a plied in any usual well.

known manner, sue for instance, as shown in United States Patents No. 294,722 or No. 445,814. The plating shell or skin may be compound as shown at C in Fig. 7, in which case I prefer to unite the compound shell and core as set forth in United States Patent No. 618,165. lVithin the core or body B isa tube of solder D which in detail is as shown in Fig. 4, or it may have a longitudinal-slit as shown at d in Fig. 5. Within the tube D is, a central core E of brass or other non-fusible metal. This ingot is then reduced in diameter to wire form as shown in Fig. 8, in which form the described layers or elements C, B, D, and E, while of less diameter and greater length than before reduction, are otherwise as when in ingot form.

In Fig. 7, E is the ingot-core; D, the

solder tube; B, the body; and G the compound shell comprising the outer skin of precious metal 0 solder 0 'base metal 0*,

and hard solder 0 The wire A may now, be cut into desired lengths and be bent to form the link G shown in Fig. 9, whose endfaces are. articularly adapted to receive the How of so l heat.

der when the link is subjected to It will be observed that by theuse of the solder tube D intermediate themembers B and E the solder is thus uniform and continuous throughout every part of the wire,

so that no solderless intervals occur. metal tube, and a core Within the solder 10 Furthermore the end face of the core E tube. furnishes a supplementary area to accom- I In testimony whereof I haveaflixed my modate the solder, andthat such area is resignature in presence of tWo Witnesses. mote from the periphery of the Wire.

A Wire comprising a base metal tube, a \Vitnesses: precious metal shell upon the tube, a dis- WILLIAM H. Po'r'rs,

connected tube of solder Within the base JAMES M. TISDALE. 

